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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
Only if you hand your device to your friend, you're not lending them just the one book. You're lending them all of your books, and you have nothing left to read.
I'm going to ignore the comment about using paper books for several reasons.
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If that is your only device that can access ebooks then obviously you would not be able to access your ebooks until you got the device back. Ebooks can usually be used on multiple devices simultaneously though. If your goal is to spread the cost of books between several people another alternative would be to share an account.
Why ignore paper books? They are still a viable alternative and some seem to prefer them as the comments in this thread and elsewhere would seem to attest. I use both depending on the situation.
My main point is don't think of ebooks and paper books as the same thing because they are not the same thing. Rather take advantage of what each has to offer and chose the right one for you based on your needs. We don't need to limit the possibilities of ebooks with the burden of imitating paper books. Haven't we witnessed the folly of that type of limited thinking enough times already?